Policy
Money and Mores in the Mortgage Meltdown
When “illegal” and “immoral” failed to coincide
Researchers: Paul Hirsch and Mary-Hunter Morris
July 1, 2010
A Rating System That Forgets
Dropping some reputation ratings may help both buyers and sellers
Researchers: Mehmet Ekmekci
July 1, 2010
Organizations
Paying Sales Professionals
Why compensation plans for sales people vary
Researchers: Dominique Rouziès, Anne T. Coughlan, Erin Anderson and Dawn Iacobucci
July 1, 2010
Economics
Let Your Competitor Feast on Leftovers
Creating shortages can be a strategic advantage
Researchers: Evan L. Porteus, Hyo duk Shin and Tunay I. Tunca
June 2, 2010
Marketing
Corralling Consumer Choice
Optimizing assortment size based on perceived attractiveness
Researchers: Alexander Chernev and Ryan Hamilton
June 1, 2010
Policy
Minimum Wage Matters
Increasing the minimum wage may not help low-wage workers
Researchers: Ohad Kadan and Jeroen Swinkels
June 1, 2010
Careers
How to Prosper as a Product Manager
Redefining and Strengthening the Product Manager’s Role
Researchers: Rajesh K. Tyagi and Mohanbir S. Sawhney
June 1, 2010
Finance & Accounting
Bonuses Despite Billion Dollar Bailouts
Managerial incentives, capital reallocation, and the business cycle
Researchers: Andrea Eisfeldt and Adriano Rampini
May 1, 2010
Careers
Learning to Use Regret
Studies in the negative emotions and how to use them
Researchers: Neal J. Roese, Colleen Saffrey and Amy Summerville
May 1, 2010
Rating the Raters of Corporate Governance
Independent examination reveals inconsistencies
Researchers: Robert M. Daines, Ian Gow and David F. Larcker
May 1, 2010
Policy
Voters Love Winners (And So Do Endorsers)
How endorsers can gain the upper hand
Researchers: Mehmet Ekmekci
May 1, 2010
Leadership
Get Over Yourself
Why we think we’re forces to be reckoned with
Researchers: Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson
May 1, 2010
Finance & Accounting
Hedging Your Bets Is Still a Gamble
Hedge funds and other alternative assets can underestimate risk, overestimate returns
Researchers: Gregory Connor, Lisa R. Goldberg and Robert Korajczyk
April 5, 2010
Marketing
Desire to Acquire
Powerlessness and compensatory consumption
Researchers: Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky
April 5, 2010
Social Impact
Why Did They Stay?
Perspectives on Katrina survivors’ “choice” to stand their ground or evacuate
Researchers: Nicole Stephens, MarYam Hamedani, Hazel Rose Markus, Hilary Bergsieker and Liyam Eloul
April 5, 2010
Economics
The Surprising Importance of Grades
Sending signals in the job market
Researchers: Brendan Daley and Brett Green
April 5, 2010
Marketing
Surveying Sensitive Topics
New tools help correct for survey bias
Researchers: Ulf Bockenholt and Peter van der Heijden
April 5, 2010
Social Impact
And the Poor Get Poorer
The economics of higher global temperatures.
Researchers: Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones and Benjamin A. Olken
March 1, 2010
The Sounds of Silence
Consumers cue on corporations’ crisis communications
Researchers: Eric Luis Uhlmann, George E. Newman, Victoria L Brescoll, Adam D. Galinsky and Daniel Diermeier
March 1, 2010
